Activists in dozens of cities across the nation protested Avelo Airlines on May 31, demanding that it halt deportation flights it is conducting under a $150 million contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Air Operations.
A petition calling for a boycott collected more than 28,000 signatures.
The Coalition to Stop Avelo protests were held at many of the 49 destinations served by the airline, including Rochester, New York; Burbank, California; Daytona Beach, Florida; Eugene and Salem, Oregon, and Wilmington, Delaware.
Protesters say they will “not stop” until Avelo cancels its ICE contract, or “we put them out of business.”…